• Wowza plugin configuration description - version 2.0

CHAOS Wowza plugin configuration description - Version 2.0

This page describes how to configure the Wowza plugin.

wowza_vhost_chaos/conf/chaos/Application.xml

Make a symbolic link from <VHost-root-dir>/content library. The symbolic link must link to the streamingContent folder of BES. I.e. the same folder that the ~bes/data/streamingContent folder points to on a BES-machine https://sbprojects.statsbiblioteket.dk/display/BES/Machines+used+by+BES. If BES is running on the same machine, create the link in ~wowza/service/wowza_vhost_chaos

ln -s ~bes/data/streamingContent content

wowza_vhost_chaos/conf/chaos/chaos-streaming-server-plugin.properties

Set URL of the MCM server used for validating request.

GeneralMCMServerURL=http://chaos.larm-archive.org/API_Larm/PortalService.svc

Set URL for BES REST-service:

GeneralBESServerURL=http://iapetus:9311/bes_DEVEL/rest/bes/

Configure database logging:

StatisticsLoggingLocallyInDB=true
StatisticsLoggingJDBCDriver=org.postgresql.Driver
StatisticsLoggingDBConnectionURL=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/larm-devel
StatisticsLoggingDBUser=larm
StatisticsLoggingDBPassword=larm1234

wowza_vhost_chaos/conf/VHost.xml

Set port numbers for the virtual host in the element <Port>. The HTTP-listener port is located approximately at line 10 in the file. Default is 1935.

<Port>1936</Port>

The Admin host port is further down, approximately 91 lines down. Set it to an available port. Default is 8086

<Port>8087</Port>

wowza/conf/VHosts.xml

Create a virtual host for the wowza plugin. This is configuring the server and not the virtual host.

<VHost>
        <Name>_chaosVHost_</Name>
        <ConfigDir>/home/wowza/services/wowza_vhost_chaos</ConfigDir>
        <ConnectionLimit>0</ConnectionLimit>
</VHost>

wowza/conf/Server.xml

Enable JMX console by changing values in wowza/conf/Server.xml.

<JMXRemoteConfiguration>
  <Enable>true</Enable>
  <IpAddress>[ip-address-of-wowza-server]</IpAddress>
  <RMIServerHostName>[hostname-of-wowza-server]</RMIServerHostName>

Firewall

Open firewall port 1936 for streaming.

Change log

- 2012-01-13: Created page